help with feats and charge rules

Aloïsius

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Please help me ! I thought I knew the rules but...

1)Power Lunge, from Sword and Fist :
How does it work (I'm using an half-orc with a great axe and str 22 as exemple):
* Normal damage + twice your strength modifier (so 1d12 + 9 +12 damage )
* Weapon damage + twice your strength modifier (so 1d12 +12)
* Weapon damage + twice your strength modifier to damage (so 1d12 +18)
If you have a rhino hide armor, what damage are doubled when you use power lunge ?

2)Spring attack
If you are hasted, could you move, make a full attack(or a whirlwind attack), then move ?
If you are a weapon master, you can make a whirlwind attack as a standard attack : so could you use spring attack with whirlwind attack, even if not hasted ?

The feat says "when you are using the attack action with a melee weapon", could you use it unarmed, if you are a monk or even if you are not.

3)What is the difference between a charge and a partial charge. I don't understand : isn't a charge a standard action, which is the same as a partial action ?
 

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The following answers are based on how this works IMC...

Aloïsius said:
Please help me ! I thought I knew the rules but...

1)Power Lunge, from Sword and Fist :
How does it work (I'm using an half-orc with a great axe and str 22 as exemple):
* Normal damage + twice your strength modifier (so 1d12 + 9 +12 damage )
* Weapon damage + twice your strength modifier (so 1d12 +12)
* Weapon damage + twice your strength modifier to damage (so 1d12 +18)

great Axe (1d12) + twice (x2) your strength mod (+6)=1d12+12

Aloïsius said:
If you have a rhino hide armor, what damage are doubled when you use power lunge ?

Rhino Hide armour "Doubles all damage", so I would interpret this as (given same example as above) twice your great axe (d12) + thrice (x3) your strength mod (+6) = 2d12 +18.

Of course this item may have errata.

Aloïsius said:
2)Spring attack
If you are hasted, could you move, make a full attack(or a whirlwind attack), then move ?
If you are a weapon master, you can make a whirlwind attack as a standard attack : so could you use spring attack with whirlwind attack, even if not hasted ?

Whirl Attack is a full round action.

IF you are hasted, you can
partial action: move
Full round action: Whirlwind attack

OR
Full round action: Whirlwind attack
partial action: move

But as you point out, weapon masters may make whirlwind attacks as a standard action. So yes, they may move either before or after their wirlwind attack.

If hasted, they can move both before AND after their whirlwind attack.

Aloïsius said:
The feat says "when you are using the attack action with a melee weapon", could you use it unarmed, if you are a monk or even if you are not.

I believe fists are melee weapons.

Aloïsius said:

3)What is the difference between a charge and a partial charge. I don't understand : isn't a charge a standard action, which is the same as a partial action ?

Charge is a full round action, which allows you to move twice your speed in a straight line and make 1 attack:

From the SRD:[/]
Charge (Full)(AoO: Yes)
Description: The combatant must move before attacking, not after. The combatant must move at least 10 feet and may move up to double base speed. All
movement must be in a straight line, with no backing up allowed. The charge stops as soon as the combatant threatens the target. A combatant can't run past the
target and attack from another direction.
After moving, the combatant may make a single melee attack or a bull rush. The combatant gets a +2 bonus on the attack roll. The combatant also suffers a -2
penalty to AC for 1 round.
A lance deals double damage if employed by a mounted combatant in a charge.
A target can ready certain piercing weapons, setting them to receive charges by using the ready action against receiving a charge. A weapon of this type deals
double damage if the readied attack is successful.
 

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